t. Perhaps a fellow has to stop eating in order to
see things. At any rate, I have seen things I never dreamed were in the
world. I know what a woman is,--now."

Shorty's mouth opened, and about the lips and in the light of the eyes
was the whimsical advertisement of the sneer forthcoming.

"Don't, please," Smoke said gently. "You don't know. I do."

Shorty gulped and changed his thought. "Huh! I don't need no hunch to
guess HER name. The rest of 'em has gone up to the drainin' of Surprise
Lake, but Joy Gastell allowed she wouldn't go. She's stickin' around
Dawson, waitin' to see if I come back with you. An' she sure swears, if
I don't, she'll sell her holdin's an' hire a army of gun-fighters, an'
go into the Caribou Country an' knock the everlastin' stuffin' outa old
Snass an' his whole gang. An' if you'll hold your horses a couple of
shakes, I reckon I'll get packed up an' ready to hike along with you."

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